Grundgehalt
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌhalt/
Grundgehalt is spelled G-R-U-N-D-G-E-H-A-L-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundgehalt is a German neuter noun meaning “base salary, basic salary (the fixed amount of money paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed, before any bonuses or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Grundgehalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbase salary, basic salary (the fixed amount of money paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed, before any bonuses or benefits)
Trotz der wirtschaftlichen Flaute blieb sein Grundgehalt unverändert.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Grundgehalt
- Grundgehaltes genitive
- Grundgehalts genitive
- Grundgehalter plural
- Grundgehalte dative singular
- Grundgehaltern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundgehalt?
- /ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌhalt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Grundgehalt in German?
Grundgehalt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).